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We study the higher regularity in nonlocal free boundary problems posed for general integro-differential operators of order $2s$. Our main result is for the nonlocal one-phase (Bernoulli) problem, for which we establish that $C^{2,\alpha}$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Begoña Barrios , Xavier Ros-Oton , Marvin Weidner

We prove the Lewy-Stampacchia inequalities for the two obstacles problem in abstract form for T-monotone operators. As a consequence for a general class of quasi-linear elliptic operators of Ladyzhenskaya-Uraltseva type, including…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-03-10 J. F. Rodrigues , R. Teymurazyan

We study maximal regularity in interpolation spaces for the sum of three closed linear operators on a Banach space, and we apply the abstract results to obtain Besov and H\"older maximal regularity for complete second order Cauchy problems…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-14 Charles J. K. Batty , Ralph Chill , Sachi Srivastava

We study the higher regularity of free boundaries in obstacle problems for integro-differential operators. Our main result establishes that, once free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$, then they are $C^\infty$. This completes the study of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-16 Nicola Abatangelo , Xavier Ros-Oton

In this paper we consider a two-phase free boundary problem ruled by the infinity Laplacian. Our main result states that bounded viscosity solutions in $B_1$ are universally Lipschitz continuous in $B_{1/2}$, which is the optimal regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Damião J. Araújo , Eduardo Teixeira , José Miguel Urbano

We study the boundary regularity of solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the nonlocal operator with a kernel of variable orders. Since the order of differentiability of the kernel is not represented by a single number, we consider the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-06 Minhyun Kim , Panki Kim , Jaehun Lee , Ki-Ahm Lee

We study the regularity of free boundaries in the multiple elastic membrane problem in the plane. We prove the uniqueness of blow-ups, and that the free boundaries are $C^{1,\log}$-curves near a regular intersection point.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Ovidiu Savin , Hui Yu

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the parabolic obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ (and more general integro-differential operators) in the regime $s>\frac{1}{2}$. We prove that once the free boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-27 Teo Kukuljan

In this article we study for the first time the regularity of the free boundary in the one-phase free boundary problem driven by a general nonlocal operator. Our main results establish that the free boundary is $C^{1,\alpha}$ near regular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Xavier Ros-Oton , Marvin Weidner

We establish the $C^{1+\gamma}$-H\"older regularity of the regular free boundary in the stationary obstacle problem defined by the fractional Laplace operator with drift in the subcritical regime. Our method of the proof consists in proving…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-22 Nicola Garofalo , Arshak Petrosyan , Camelia A. Pop , Mariana Smit Vega Garcia

In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of $W^{2,p}$ ($n<p<\infty$) solutions of a double obstacle problem with $C^{1,1}$ obstacle functions. Moreover, we show the optimal regularity of the solution and the local $C^1$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-14 Ki-ahm Lee , Jinwan Park

In this paper we are concerned with a two phase boundary obstacle-type problem for the bi-Laplace operator in the upper unit ball. The problem arises in connection with unilateral phenomena for flat elastic plates. It can also be seen as an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Donatella Danielli , Alaa Haj Ali

This paper studies the regularity of the free boundary for viscosity solutions to a parabolic Bernoulli-type free boundary problem with variable coefficients. The main result is that Lipschitz free boundaries are $C^1$ with a normal vector…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-04 Thomas Backing

We consider a class of elliptic and parabolic problems, featuring a specific nonlocal operator of fractional-laplacian type, where integration is taken on variable domains. Both elliptic and parabolic problems are proved to be uniquely…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Stefano Buccheri , Ulisse Stefanelli

We establish a generic weak uniqueness result and partial regularity of the free boundary and of minimizers for the composite membrane problem.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sagun Chanillo , Carlos E. Kenig

We develop further the strategy implemented in our series of papers on inhomogeneous two-phase fee boundary problems, to show that flat or Lipschitz free boundaries of such problems are locally $C^{2,\gamma }.$

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-24 Daniela De Silva , Fausto Ferrari , Sandro Salsa

We establish the comparison principle, existence and regularity of viscosity solutions to the following problem concerning the mixed operator: \begin{align} \begin{cases}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-12 Priyank Oza , Jagmohan Tyagi

We prove $C^{1, \alpha}$ regularity (in the parabolic sense) for the viscosity solution of a boundary obstacle problem with a fully nonlinear parabolic equation in the interior. Following the method which was first introduced for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-22 Georgiana Chatzigeorgiou

In this survey we prove H\"older regularity results for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear nonlocal uniformly elliptic second order differential equations with local gradient terms. This extends the nonlocal counterpart of the work of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-12 Juan Pablo Cabeza

We study a free transmission problem driven by degenerate fully nonlinear operators. Our first result concerns the existence of solutions to the associated Dirichlet problem. By framing the equation in the context of viscosity inequalities,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-05 Gerardo Huaroto , Edgard A. Pimentel , Giane C. Rampasso , Andrzej Święch